Covetousness, for those who don't sin or don't keep count, is the second
deadly sin. Pride is the first, and lust is No. 3, though not
necessarily in order of popularity. In Lawrence Sanders' new novel,
these and most of the other numbered transgressions come into play as
someone murders Painter Victor Maitland at his studio in Lower
Manhattan.

Who stabbed Maitland? Apparently someone who knew him, because there was
no sign of forced entry. To know Maitland was to loathe him; he was...